You have to cut that VHF cable to length anyway, so I pulled mine from the top down (no connector) and cut the cable inside the boat where I crimped on a new Shakespear connector.
C > On 08/19/2022 9:29 AM Leeward Rail via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > Correct. > > In this case the LMR400U is 1/2" dia and has connectors already installed > which are bigger. 2 runs of ultra low loss coax could end up being 1" alone.. > Then all the other wiring on top of that. > > Aug. 19, 2022 8:01:12 a.m. Jeff Nelson via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>: > > > The larger the conduit the more chance the cables will slap around inside > > it, which will annoy you all night long. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Jeff Nelson > > Muir Caileag > > C&C 30 - 549 > > Armdale Y.C. > > > > On 2022-08-19 09:32, Leeward Rail via CnC-List wrote: > >> Vhf coax LMR400UF > >> Cell booster antenna with coax of some unknown size... Likely some other > >> large low loss cable like LMR400 > >> Steaming light > >> Anchor light > >> Decklight. > >> > >> One day may have wind instruments > >> > >> Bigger is easier when fishing wire. > >> > >> Why undersize it when it costs virtually the same and takes the same > >> effort? > >> > >> > >> Aug. 19, 2022 7:14:47 a.m. Jeff Nelson via CnC-List > >> <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>: > >> > >>> I do not believe there are any obstructions. That said 1.5 inches seems > >>> pretty big for 5 - 7 wires... > >>> what all you got going on up there? > >>> > >>> -- Cheers, > >>> Jeff Nelson > >>> Muir Caileag > >>> C&C 30 - 549 > >>> Armdale Y.C. > >>> > >>> On 2022-08-18 14:17, leewardrail hotmail via CnC-List wrote: > >>>> Hello All, > >>>> > >>>> I am planning to install conduit in the mast of our 30 Mark 1. > >>>> > >>>> Unfortunately I am hours away from the boat, and need to buy the conduit > >>>> > >>>> Would 1.5" PVC Conduit fit ? Would 1.5" run without obstruction all the > >>>> way to the masthead, or is there something at the spreader that would > >>>> get in the way ? > >>>> > >>>> I prefer 1 1/2" 1 1/4" is about the minimum I would want to use. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks ! > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Jeff Nelson > > Muir Caileag > > C&C 30 - 549 > > Armdale Y.C.
